Thank you Mike!

I just got a Saga last week. Is it normal to still hear music with the potentiometer turned fully counterclockwise? Thanks.

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I'd remove the socket saver and clean the tube pins with Deoxit.

Have you tried changing the tubes?

I have 2 pairs of 6FD7, 1 pair new, 1 pair with less than 40hrs. PM me if interested.

Tubedepot has 6FD7's.

Yes, you can but you may have to adjust the sensitivity of the monitors or add an inline attenuator.

There is another reason why 6N1P's are quiet in the CSP. As you know, the filaments in the CSP are DC-heated through a simple CRC. Without load, the DC voltage reaches >7 volts. The 6N1P tubes draw around 650-700ma each, that's twice the current draw of 6922/6DJ8/6N23P. With 3-6N1P tubes in the...

FYI, the "choke" in the Taboo II is an output transformer.

About 125-130F measured with an ir thermometer. It's designed to run hot.

I'm not sure what you mean but this is how the SEX is wired for balanced operation.  

 For the Reduction, Eros, Stereomour, Mainline, Beepre and Paramounts! The Quickie can be configured as a headphone amp with the addition of a small transformer (1/channel).

A Decware Problems Thread ? I personally received a CSP2+ (long gone) with reversed line out.

  Just saying that you can use the Stereomour for headphones too!